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What's a Wreck?

A Cake Wreck is any cake that is unintentionally sad, silly, creepy, inappropriate - you name it. A Wreck is not necessarily a poorly-made cake; it's simply one I find funny, for any of a number of reasons. Anyone who has ever smeared frosting on a baked good has made a Wreck at one time or another, so I'm not here to vilify decorators: Cake Wrecks is just about finding the funny in unexpected, sugar-filled places.

Yep, my massive, shiny, brand-spankin' compendium of holiday wreckage will be on shelves in just two short months!

Note that it isn't just Christmas wreckage, either. I also tackle Turkey day...

(Not to mention a little Halloween, New Year's and Hanukkah.)

Offer gift suggestions...

For people you "love."

Slip in a little sci-fi...

Hey, I gotta be me.

And of course offer lots and lots of "classic Christmas fun" like this:

There's also a new and "improved" version of Night Before Christmas that's sure to become an instant family classic. Assuming you're really warped. (Which - let's be honest - if you're reading this blog, you probably are.)

As with the last book, Wreck the Halls includes a mix of fan favorites from the site and plenty of new, never-before-seen wreckage I've been hoarding. It's also a hefty 220 pages, which makes it excellent for head-whacking. (Not that I'd endorse such a thing, of course. You might scratch the finish.)

Plus, SPECIAL BONUS:

Can YOU spot what literally hundreds of individuals including professional copy editors, layout and graphic designers, marketing gurus, book retailers, and even John and I missed, but that Wrecky Minion Julianne spotted in approximately 3.7 seconds? Huh? CAN YOU??

I hope not, 'cuz they're already printed.

Besides, when life gives you a book wreck, make a cake! Or something!

And now that I've hypnotized you into a mindless trance wherein you simply cannot rest until you've pre-ordered at least a dozen copies, you can find Wreck the Halls at both Amazon and Barnes & Noble for less than $10 (Dude. Really? Who signed off on that??) and also at IndieBound (prices vary).

Note: Yes, the cover will probably be "fixed" before you get it. Meaning there may be a shiny new sticker on it. That'll just be our little secret, mmkay?

The sub-caption should also read "Cake Wrecks Get "Festive" " Not "gets." We are speaking of multiple wrecks, enough to fill an entire book, not just one general festive wreck. An example would be: Cats get festive (more than one cat getting crazy for the holidays) versus Cat gets festive (one lonely cat donning a santa hat).

So if "professional" is also misspelled (it's too small to see on my screen), then you have two errors! Misspelling AND subject/verb agreement. Go you!

Unrelated to your book - at one of my prior employers, we got a message about the importance of being prefessional. In a different memo (same company) they started off a sentence with "Ass always." So, one of my friends and I always used to joke that "Ass always, we must strive to be true prefessionals." That company was ultimately bought out by a much larger one, which hopefully had staffers that knew how to spell.

I think the typo is classic. I still have my spelling bee trophy from 6th grade. The organizers (the Las Vegas Jaycees) had not noticed that their name was spelled "Jaycess" on the trophies. I pointed it out to them, but flatly refused a "corrected" trophy to be delivered to me later.